California Association of Museums

Museums in the News 10/10/07


A Gap billionaire's museum in Pelosi's privatized National Park?
Bay Area Indymedia, October 9, 2007
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/09/18453063.php

Relocated water museum reopens as Diamond Valley Lake Visitor Center
By: Gail Wesson, Riverside Press Enterprise, October 9, 2007
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_water06.3e50b9a.html

As a Company Leaves Town, Arts Grants Follow
By: Andrew Martin, New York Times, October 8, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08altria.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Chatsworth Historical Society pioneer gets name on museum
By: Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News, October 7, 2007
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_7113369

Is There a Future for Old-Fashioned Museums? If the Spirit of St. Louis Can Come Alive on Your Desktop, You Might Not Want to Trek to the Mall
By: Joel Garreau, Washington Post, October 7, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100500150.html?referrer=emailarticle

Art Museum Expansion: A Constructive Trend?
By: Blake Gopnik, Washington Post, October 7, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100500240.html

Native Americans ask UC Berkeley to return museum artifacts
By: Christopher Heredia and Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/06/BA6LSL3H4.DTL

Construction starts on La Quinta Museum
By: Steve Moore, Riverside Press Enterprise, October 6, 2007
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_dhistory07.387a936.html

Audit raps History San Jose: NON-PROFIT DISPUTES
By: John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, October 6, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_7104014

Why Two Museums Are Now Going at It Hammer and Tongs
By Laura Meckler, Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119153595971649457.html?mod=hps_us_pageone&apl=y&r=298294

Contributing to San Diego's quality of life and economy
By: Derrick R. Cartwright and Hugh M. Davies, San Diego Union-Tribune, October 5, 2007
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071005/news_lz1e5davies.html

Oakland police: Former zoo employee embezzled money for Disneyland trips
By: Harry Harris and Paul Rosynsky, MediaNews, October 5, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7095488?nclick_check=1

New Paso museum is kid-tested, kid-ready: Theater, art studio, grocery store and pizza kitchen are among the facility’s highlights
By: Leah Etling, San Luis Obispo Tribune, October 5, 2007
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/159229.html

Officials form committee to restore museum: Mayor and Councilman Jose Huizar lead fund-raising efforts for Southwest Museum.
Los Angeles Wave, October 4, 2007
http://www.wavenewspapers.com/link.asp?smenu=79&sdetail=6357&wpage=1

Hands-on museum for kids rolls along: Bill on governor's desk would locate new facility in Old Sac.
By: M.S. Enkoji, Sacramento Bee, October 4, 2007
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/414013.html

International Spy Museum opens Operation Spy attraction: An interactive game at the Washington, D.C. museum sends visitors on a crucial 'mission.
By: Susan Lendroth, Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2007
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-spy7oct07

Museum to go solar in spring [Tech Museum of Innovation]
By: Sal Pizarro, San Jose Mercury News, October 2, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_7059851

Monterey Bay Aquarium honored for girls' science camps
Salinas Californian, October 1, 2007
http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/NEWS01/71001014/1002

Is Harvard a charity? Most donations go to institutions that serve the rich; they shouldn't be fully tax-deductible.
By: Robert B. Reich, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-reich1oct01,0,80486.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

Homecoming week lineup weighter than most [screening of historical film clips of football team]
By: Tom Pfingsten, North County Times, October 1, 2007
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/02/news/inland/3_02_2110_1_07.txt

On the lookout for light pollution: EFFORT TO ASSESS PROBLEM'S SCOPE [Great World Wide Star Count efforts and participating organizations]
By: Julie Sevrens Lyons, San Jose Mercury News, October 1, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_7050655?source=most_emailed

Stingrays on exhibit die, but Fresno zoo calls it a success
San Jose Mercury News, October 1, 2007
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7053964

Vista museum prepares for move
By: Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, September 30, 2007
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/10/01/news/coastal/22_52_139_30_07.txt

Lack of funding forces education program at Micke Grove to close
By: Zachary K. Johnson, Stockton Record, September 30, 2007
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/A_NEWS/709300315

GAO Faults Smithsonian Upkeep and Security: Leaks and Vandalism Threaten Collections
By: James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post, September 29, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/28/AR2007092801990.html?referrer=emailarticle

Law Grants Student Loan Forgiveness for Federal [and Public Service] Employees
By: Stephen Barr, Washington Post, September 28, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/27/AR2007092702299.html

Clovis hopes new Web site will entice more tourists to area: Visitors come from Japan, Brazil, England
By: Gabriel Alexander, Clovis Independent, September 28, 2007
http://www.clovisindependent.com/news/story/14029713p-14582043c.html

Preserving a piece of history: Photo History Day gives a voice, and accounting, to the past.
By: Esther Avila, Fresno Bee, September 28, 2007
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/sv/story/150657.html

No CSU probe of museum hunts, Humane Society told
By: Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, Sacramento Bee, September 28, 2007
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/403571.html

Rock Church vows to compromise on Burrage Mansion
By: Vanessa D. Overbeck, Redlands Daily Facts, September 26, 2007
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_7006391

Smithsonian African American Museum Seeks User-Generated Content
By: Mark Hefflinger, Digital Media Wire, September 26, 2007
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/09/26/smithsonian-african-american-museum-seeks-user-generated-content

SHOW US THE MONET! Or something by another dead guy. Just make the Museum of Art good again. Is now too soon?
By: Theo Douglas, The District Weekly, September 26th, 2007
http://thedistrictweekly.com/dwweb/?p=658

Smithsonian Channel to Debut This Week
By: Brett Zongker, Washington Post, September 24, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400372.html

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